Event #76: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship Day 1a | 2023 World Series of Poker

07-03-2023 15:04 UTC-8

Helppi Scares Away Krueger

Connor Richards

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

In a three-way pot on a flop of 6♠J♣10♥, action checked to Juha Helppi and he bet 1,200. Ray Thomason and Klas Krueger both called.

Thomason and Krueger checked again on the 9♣ turn and Helppi checked back. Thomason and Krueger checked once more on the Q♥ river and Helppi fired a final bet of 2,500. Both opponents folded and Krueger showed the Q♦ as he did so.

Player	Chips	Progress
Klas Krueger	90,000 8,900	8,900
Juha Helppi	67,000 2,000	2,000

Ray Thomason	26,000 26,000	26,000

Tags: Klas Krueger Ray Thomason Juha Helppi

07-03-2023 15:02 UTC-8

Keating Wins a Big One

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Frank Visser

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

In a pot worth roughly 60,000 chips, there was a board completed that read 10♦10♠A♠K♦4♥. Alex Keating led out for 17,000 from the big blind and received a call from Cliff Maloney on the button.

Keating showed down Q♥10♥ for flopped trips and took the pot when Maloney mucked his cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Keating	86,000 86,000	86,000

Cliff Maloney	33,700

Tags: Alex Keating

07-03-2023 14:55 UTC-8

Mueller Makes Jellie Fold On The River

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Maxime Taldir

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Noah Jellie limped in early position, then was raised to 1,100 by Brandon Mueller in middle position. All the other players at the table folded, and Jellie called.

On the flop 2♣3♠A♥, Mueller bet 700, and Jellie check-called. He did the same action when Mueller added 1,400 more to the pot on the turn 7♥.

But on the river 10♣, Jellie took the lead and bet 5,600. A few seconds later, Mueller raised to 15,200. Quite annoyed, Jellie eventually folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brandon Mueller	100,000
Julian Pineda	66,000
Noah Jellie	42,500

Tags: Noah Jellie Brandon Mueller

07-03-2023 14:55 UTC-8

Lu Is Afraid, But Need Not Be

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Frank Visser

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

In an already sizable pot, Steve Lu had put a bet of 7,000 out from the cutoff on a board of 3♣Q♣4♥5♥, which Shota Nakanishi had raised to 20,000. "Just call," announced Lu.

The river fell the A♠ and both players checked to a showdown. Nakanishi tabled 5♦4♠ for two pair, but Lu was sitting on top set with Q♥Q♦.

"I was scared you had seven-six," Lu explained while he stacked his newly acquired chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve Lu	92,500 92,500	92,500
Shota Nakanishi	40,200 40,200	40,200

Tags: Shota Nakanishi Steve Lu

07-03-2023 14:52 UTC-8

Employees Event Runner-Up Is No More

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Connor Richards

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

https://twitter.com/jurbanic95/status/1675997908909592576

Player	Chips	Progress
James Urbanic	Busted

07-03-2023 14:50 UTC-8

Kostyniuk Cracks Sheikhan's Set

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Tyler Foran

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Four players saw a flop of A♣6♣3♣ and Jeffrey Kostyniuk checked to Shawn Sheikhan who fired a bet of 2,200. Both the players in the middle got out of the way and Krostyniuk made the call.

The 8♦ hit the turn and Kostyniuk check-called a bet of 3,200.

On the K♣ river, both players tapped the table. Kostyniuk wasted no time showing his A♦J♣, rivering a flush. Sheikhan sighed as he cried, "That's so F***ing sick," and showed 8♣8♠ for a set of eights on the turn that rivered a smaller flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shawn Sheikhan	82,000 82,000	82,000
Jeffrey Kostyniuk	74,000 74,000	74,000

Tags: Jeffrey Kostyniuk Shawn Sheikhan

07-03-2023 14:46 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts in the Gold Section

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Adam Lamers

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Corentin Briglia	186,100 186,100	186,100
Alex Livingston	92,800 92,800	92,800

Mark Teltscher	91,800 91,800	91,800
Colby Covington	84,500 84,500	84,500
James McManus (IL)	82,000 82,000	82,000
Scott Stewart	81,300 11,300	11,300
Jack Sinclair	76,000 -4,000	-4,000

Lewis Spencer	68,800 8,800	8,800
Faraz Jaka	64,000 6,000	6,000

Esther Taylor	59,600 -5,400	-5,400
Max Pescatori	59,200 -1,900	-1,900

Garett Maybery	55,200 -10,800	-10,800
Joe Cada	53,800 -6,200	-6,200

Christopher back	51,200 -800	-800
Carlos Chadha	46,600 -13,400	-13,400
Artur Martirosian	45,500 45,500	45,500

David Guay	43,200 43,200	43,200

Xuan Liu	40,500 -27,500	-27,500
Jacob Ferro	39,800 -17,200	-17,200
Joseph Cheong	13,400 13,400	13,400

Ryan Leng	6,200 -13,800	-13,800

07-03-2023 14:42 UTC-8

Taylor Doesn't Show

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Connor Richards

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Tony Gregg opened from the cutoff and Esther Taylor called on the button.

Gregg checked on the flop of 7♣6♣J♦ and Taylor bet 700. Gregg called. Gregg checked again on the 3♦ turn and Taylor checked back.

Gregg checked once more on the 7♥ river and Taylor fired a bet of 1,700. Gregg gave it some thought and called. Taylor shot her cards into the muck and Gregg was able to take the pot without showdown.

"I don't want to make you show ace-high," laughed Taylor.

Player	Chips	Progress
Esther Taylor	65,000 -3,000	-3,000
Tony Gregg	62,000

Tags: Esther Taylor Tony Gregg

07-03-2023 14:40 UTC-8

Eolis Wins Without a Showdown

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Dan O'Hair

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

A player in middle positon limped and Wendeen Eolis raised to 1,200 from the hijack. The player in the cutoff three-bet to 3,000 and the player in the small blind called cold. The initial limper folded and Eolis called for a three-way pot.

Everyone checked on the 4♣3♥5♥ flop, but Eolis fired 10,000 into the middle after being checked to on the 6♥ turn. Both of her opponents folded and Eolis added to her stack.

Eolis, who was the first woman to cash the Main Event, is below a starting stack, but still has plenty of chips with 45,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wendeen Eolis	45,000 -17,600	-17,600

Tags: Wendeen Eolis

07-03-2023 14:35 UTC-8

Wysotchanski Backs into a Straight

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Tyler Foran

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

On the turn of A♠K♣8♠7♥, Kevin Gerhart led for 1,600 and Wagner Wysotchanski tossed in a call.

The 6♦ hit the river before Gerhart checked. Wysotchanski announced a bet of 5,500 as he tossed a green chip across the line and Gerhart took about 20 seconds before slamming a call in the middle.

Wysotchanski tabled 10♥9♠ for a straight on the river and Gerhart mucked his hand.